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Shaping today’s farmers though smarter additions: Aquaculture - the new addition to mixed farming
Aquaculture production accounts for 30, 000 mt (19%) of fish supply in Zambia, capture fisheries supplies 75,000 mt (47%) and 55,000 mt (34%) from imports (as at 2015). Zambia’s fisheries produce approximately 70,000 metric tons of fish per year, amounting to over 3% of Zambia’s GDP. Over 85% of this production comes from captured fisheries and over 10% from the new implementation ...
By VUKA Group
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The gene for sexual maturation in salmon is found
The discovery of the gene that controls sexual maturation in female and male salmon provides new effective methods of controlling sexual maturation in farmed salmon. The new knowledge will also be of great importance in the management of wild salmon stocks. Maturation in salmon reduces growth, fillet quality and activity of the immune system. This leads to poor fish welfare and downgrading of ...
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Wild Atlantic salmon returns in North America near historic low in 2019
ASF’s annual State of Wild Atlantic Salmon Report, released today, shows last year’s adult salmon returns to North America were among the lowest in a 49-year data series, continuing a downward trend that threatens the sustainability of the species. In recent decades, the human harvest of wild Atlantic salmon has been significantly reduced through a series of conservation measures, ...
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Seattle Pub Utilities chooses EQuIS for Salmon Hatchery data
EarthSoft announced a large order from Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) for multiple licenses of EQuIS™ Alive and EQuIS Enterprise 6. SPU will use EQuIS and Alive supporting the Cedar River Sockeye Hatchery managing salmon life-cycle data from a variety of sources for both natural and hatchery fish. EQuIS will support the Hatchery’s adaptive management program for the collection and ...
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Lockheed Martin´s Technology-Infused Mobile Fish Pen Named A Top 25 Invention By TIME Magazine
You've heard the old saying — there are plenty of fish in the sea — however, this may not always be the case. The inability of wild fisheries to supply the burgeoning demand for healthful and protein-rich seafood has given rise to a robust aquaculture industry that has helped alleviate the threat of overfishing in the world's oceans. But raising fish in ponds and pens, while ...
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Building one of the world’s largest smolt plants - again!
Krüger Kaldnes, a Veolia Water Technologies subsidiary specialized in aquaculture, has recently commissioned one of the world’s largest post-smolt RAS facilities for Lerøy Sjøtroll Kjærelva, located in Fitjar, Norway. The facilities were designed according to the highest standards, with a strong focus on biosecurity, fish logistics, and footprint. ...
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Arctic Fish takes first steps in large expansion project with two agreements
Arctic Fish’s subsidiary, Arctic Smolt, located in Iceland’s Westfjords, has entered into two separate agreements to pursue the expansion of its smolt facility at Nordur Botn in Tálknafjördur, Iceland. The project will have an estimated cost of €24 million (approx. CAD $35.7 million), making it one of the largest private investment projects in the Westfjords. One ...
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Spring Genetics partners with aquaManager to optimize production
In a new partnership with Athens-based aquaManager, Benchmark Genetics’ Spring Genetics will begin using aquaManager’s Hatchery module, which will support Spring Genetics in the production of high-quality and “genetically superior” fish. aquaManager’s Hatchery module, which is an integrated software solution designed specifically for fish fingerlings or egg ...
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Historical early delivery of rainbow trout eggs
The season’s first rainbow trout eggs from the AquaGen strain was delivered to Hofseth Aqua in Tafjord, Norway on November 19th, 2019, two months earlier than normal. With access to these early eggs, the smolt can be put to sea in spring, benefit from good growth through the summer and be harvested the following spring after 10 months in the sea. Rainbow trout production in the sea is ...
By Aqua Gen AS
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AQUA SPA – The first out of 6 sister ships is delivered
The first out of six wellboat projects is delivered from Sefine Shipyard to DESS AquacultureShipping. Aqua Spa is the first ship in line and is now ready for operations in Tasmania, Australia. Aqua Maloy will be completed later this fall and the remaining four during 2020. Aqua Spa and the other sister ships has several new design solutions and is designed to significantly enhance fish ...
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USSEC conducts cage aquaculture production cost management seminar in the Philippines
USSEC conducted a cage aquaculture production cost management seminar for the Chinese staff and managers of Sahara Feeds Corp. Milkfish Cage Farm in Taal Lake, Talisay, Batangas, Philippines on December 7. USSEC Philippines Technical Manager – Aquaculture Levy Manalac discussed how to manage and save on cage aquaculture production cost with the proper use of extruded floating feed and good ...
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Producing high-quality hybrid catfish with freshwater fish oil
Low levels of freshwater fish oil can go a long way in improving performance indicators of aquacultured hybrid catfish broodstock. This was observed in hybrid catfish broodstock fed with one and two per cent FFO-supplemented diets in an experiment at the Maejo University in Thailand. “We found out that supplementation of low levels of freshwater fish oil to standard manufactured fish food ...
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Totoaba, Pacific Red Snapper Processing Plant Achieves BAP Certification
Congratulations to Mexico’s Earth Ocean Farms for becoming the world’s first Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP)-certified processing plant to process totoaba (Totoaba macdonaldi), a large member of the drum family that is endemic to the Gulf of California. Located in La Paz, Mexico, the processing plant also handles Pacific red snapper (Lutjanus peru). The totoaba and red snapper are ...
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Vietnamese Fish Farmer Expands IPA System to Aquaponics
Vũ Thị Thắm is among the first intensive pond aquaculture (IPA) adopters in Northern Vietnam, learning the IPA concept from a seminar organized by USSEC and Cargill in Hưng Yên, Vietnam in August 2016. Ms. Tham constructed an IPA fixed floor raceway by following the instruction of Nguyễn Hữu Thọ, a technical manager at Cargill, who joined the ...
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